Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eleventh sitting) Debate
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Matt Bishop
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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eleventh sitting)
Matt Bishop ExcerptsThursday 6th February 2025
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Matt Bishop (Forest of Dean) (Lab)
Does this part of the Bill not go to the principle that local schools should meet local needs?
Catherine McKinnell
My hon. Friend puts it very well. Indeed, that is the case that we are making. That means having good and great schools, and that is the ultimate aim of all these provisions: to ensure that every child has a good local school in which they can achieve and thrive. There needs to be some way in which that is managed on a community-wide basis. I would be surprised if the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston were seriously objecting to that in principle.